Baruffaldino dei Geremei

Baruffaldino dei Geremei (1180-1256) was the Guelph ruler of Bologna during the early 13th century.

Biography
Baruffaldino dei Geremei was born in 1180 to the Geremei family of Bologna, and he became ruler of Bologna during the early 1200s. In 1217, he and Bonifacio Lambertazzi took part in the Fifth Crusade, and they took part in the 1220 capture of Damietta in Egypt. In 1222, he became the head of Bologna's municipal finance administration, and he then became Podesta (prosecutor) in 1228. In 1228, while serving Mayor of Cesena, he was captured after being defeated by an alliance of Cremona, Parma, and Mantua, and he was later captured by Modena at the Navicello Bridge in 1235. Under Baruffaldino, Bologna sided with the Guelphs against the Holy Roman Empire, and he died in 1256 as the infighting in Bologna intensified.